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1. The Streets - Original Pirate Material 2. Godspeed you black emperor - Yanqui U.X.O. 3. 2 Many DJ's - As heard on radio soulwax Pt 2 4. Liars - They threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top 5. Missy Elliot - Under construction 6. The Libertines - Up the bracket 7. Ms Dynamite - A little deeper 8. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out of season 9. Queens of the stone age - Songs for the deaf 10. Alain Bashung - L'imprudence 11. Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un m'a dit 12. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the pink Robots 13. NERD - In search of (band version 2002) 14. Radio 4 - Gotham ! 15. Metro Area - Metro area 16. RJD2 - Deadringer 17. Sigur Ros - () 18. La Rumeur - l'ombre sur la mesure 19. DJ Shadow - The private press 20. Blackalicious - Blazing arrow 21. The Bellrays - Mett the bellrays 22. TTC - Ceci n'est pas un disque 23. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi 24. Beck - Sea change 25. Lambchop - Is a woman 26. Dionysos - Western sous la neige 27. . And you ...

Ricardo Saló: 1. Dzian & Kamien - Gran Riserva 2. Joseph Malik - Diverse 3. RAS - Rhythmic Altered State 4. Radio Zumbido - Los Últimos Días Del AM 5. Y. New Quintet -Angles Without Edges 6. Uschi Classen - Soul Magic 7. Nuspirit Helsinki - Nuspirit Helsinki 8. Aim - Hinterland 9. Organic Grooves - Black Sherry 10. Beatless - Life Mirrors João Lisboa: 1. Tom Waits - Alice / Blood Money 2. Homelife - Flying Wonders 3. Aimee Mann - Lost In Space 4. John Parish - How Animais Move 5. Opiate - While You Were Sleeping 6. Al Phoenix -Lean That Way Forever 7. Beck - Sea Change 8. Joni Mitchell - Travelogue 9. Sybarite - Monument 10. The Notwist - Neon Golden

Os Melhores Álbuns Nacionais 1. Sam The Kid – Beats Vol. 1 - Amor 2. Wordsong – Al Berto 3. Bullet – The Lost Tapes 4. Cristina Branco – O Descobridor 5. GNR – Do Lado Dos Cisnes Os Melhores Álbuns Internacionais 1. Lambchop – Is A Woman 2. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf 3. Tom Waits – Alice 4. Beck – Sea Change 5. Spring Hell Jack - Amassed 6. The Streets – Original Pirate Material 7. Liars – They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top 8. The Cinematic Orchestra – Everyday 9. … And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Souce, Tags & Codes 10. RAS – Rhytmic Altered State 11. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Light 12. DJ Shadow – The Private Press 13. Sigur Rós – ( ) 14. Jazzanova – In Between 15. Tribalistas - Tribalistas

Os Melhores Álbuns Nacionais 1. Sam The Kid – Beats Vol. 1 2. Coldfinger – Sweet Moods And Interludes 3. Bullet – The Lost Tapes 4. Jorge Palma – Tempo Dos Assassinos 5. Ana Sofia Varela – Ana Sofia Varela 6.. Gaiteiros de Lisboa – Macaréu 7. Wordsong – Al Berto 8. Pedro Abrunhosa – Momento 9. Azembl’s Quartet – Esquece O Que Te Disse 10. Sam The Kid – Sobre(tudo) 11. J. Peixoto/F. Júdice – Carinhoso 12. Linha Da Frente - Linha Da Frente 13. Zoë – Synth O Matic 14. Parkinsons – A Long Way To Nowhere 15. Amélia Muge – A Monte 16. Madredeus – Euforia 17. Maria João/Mário Laginha – Undercovers 18. Micro – Microlandeses 19. Mind Da Cap – Suspeitos Do Costume 20. Yellow W Van – Mundo Perfeito Os Melhores Álbuns Internacionais 1. Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 2. Tom Waits – Alice 3. Beck – Sea Change 4. Sigur Rós – ( ) 5. White Stripes – White Blood Cells 6. Sparks – Lil’ Bethoven 7. Pearl Jam – Riot Act 8. Notwist – Neon Golden 9. Beth Gibbons/Ristin Man – Out Of Season 10....

Os Melhores Álbuns Nacionais 1. Bulllet - Bulllet 2. Gaiteiros de Lisboa - Macau 3. Sam the Kid - Beats Vol. 1 - Amor 4. Terrakota - Terrakota 5. Pedro Abrunhosa & Bandemónio - Momento 6. Maria João, Mário Laginha - Undercovers 7. The Legendary Tiger Man - Naked Blues 8. Pop Dell'Arte - So Goodnight 9. Coldfinger - Sweet Moods and Interludes 10. Wordsong - Al Berto 11. Carlos Barreto Trio - Radio Song 12. Mind Da Gap - Suspeitos do Costume 12. The Unplayable Sofa Guitar - The Unplayable Sofa Guitar 14. Boss AC - Remar Contra a Maré 15. Amélia Muge - A Monte 16. Les Baton Rouge - Women Non-Stop 17. Bernardo Sassetti - Nocturno 18. Lisbon City Rockers - This Is Not a Volume 19. Fonzie - Built to Rock 20. The Astonishing Urbana Fall - Rhizome (Prelude) Os Melhores Álbuns Internacionais 1. Beck - Sea Change 2. The Streets - Original Pirate 3. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf 4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C. 5. DJ Shadow – The Private Press 6. Laurie Andersen – ...

1. El-P - Fantastic Damage 2. The Streets - Original Pirate Material 3. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat 4. Songs - Ohia - Didn’t It Rain 5. Programme - L’enfer tiède 6. Lauryn Hill - Unplugged 2.0 7. Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper 8. The Delgados - Hate 9. Today Is The Day - Sadness Will Prevail 10. Lambchop - Is A Woman 11. Super Collider - Raw Digits 12. Mr. Lif - I Phantom 13. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around 14. Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi 15. Tom Waits - Alice 16. RJD2 - Deadringer 17. Low - Trust 18. Tujiko Noriko - Make Me Hard 19. Neil Michael Hagerty - Plays That Good Old Rock And Roll 20. DJ Spooky - Optometry 21. Sutekh - Incest / Live 22. Soul Center - Soul Center 23. The Montgolfier Brothers - The World Is Flat 24. DJ Vadim - U.S.S.R.-The Art Of Listening 25. Red - 33 26. DJ /Rupture - Minesweeper Suite 27. Youssou N’dour - Coono Du Reer 28. Akufen - My Way 29. Anitpop Consortium - Arrhytmia 30. Faultline - Your Love Means Everything 31. DJ Shadow - The Private Press 32. Wilco...

Last year, we bullshitted you guys. "There's no such thing as a bad year for music!" was just rhetoric that, frankly, betrayed our optimism. The more we look back on it, 2001 sucked. Maybe it's just that 2002 saw such a steady influx of Top 20 contenders that we never had a moment to come up for air. At no time in the last year did our staff feel "on top" of music; it was constantly kicking our collective ass. It took almost as much time to narrow this list to just 50 records as it did to write about them. Honestly, we debated going with a Top 100, but figured that might be overkill. Regardless, we can say with absolute, bald-faced honesty that each of these records own, and though no one person will dig all of them, we think anyone could find enough greatness here to take them through the next year. 50: Comets on Fire Field Recordings from the Sun [Ba Da Bing!] Comets on Fire's breakthrough second album may be the year's most psychedelic dirty bomb....

Sonic Youth - Murray Street (Geffen) Derek Bailey - Ballads (Tzadik) Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi (Warp) Asa-Chang & Junray - Jun Ray Song Chang (Leaf) Various -Improvised Music From Japan (Improvised Music From Japan) Jim O'Rrourke -Insignificance (Domino) Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui Uxo (Constellation) Ceci L Taylor Feel Trio - 2 Ts For A Lovely T (Codanza) Dj /Rupture - Minesweeper Suite (Tigerbeat6) Philip Jeck - Stoke (Touch) Barbara Ess & Peggy Ahwesh - Radio Guitar (Ecstatic Peace) Eliane Radigue - Adnos I - III (Table Of The Elements) El-P - Fantastic Damage (Def Jux) Suicide - American Supreme (Blast First) Vajra - Mandala Cat Last (Psf) Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia (Warp) Radian - Rec.Extern (Thrill Jockey) Low - Trust (Rough Trade) Henri Chopin/Various - Revue Ou (Alga Marghen) Raoul Bjorkenheim/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love - The Scorch Trio (Rune Grammofon) Lol Coxhill - Spectral Soprano (Emanem) Recloose - Cardiology (Planet E) Akufen - M...

1. Beck – Sea Change 2. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 3. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head 4. Bright Eyes – Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground 5. Missy Elliott – Under Construction 6. The Streets – Original Pirate Material 7. Eminem – The Eminem Show 8. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf 9. Spoon – Kill The Moonlight 10. Bruce Springsteen – The Rising

Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Bruce Springsteen – The Rising EL-P – Fantastic Damage Wilco – Yankie Hotel Foxtrot The Streets – Original Pirate Material Lambchop – Is A Woman My Computer – Vulnerabilia Beck – Sea Change Suicide – American Supreme David Bowie – Heathen Tom Waits – Blood Money Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man – Out Of Season Ryan Adams – Demolition Soloman Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me Waren Zevon – My Ride’s Here Badley Drawn Boy – Have You Fed The Fish Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucus – Songs To No One 1991 – 92 Robert Plant – Dreamland Eminem – The Eminem Show Jesse Malin – The Fine Art Of Self Destruction Steve Earle – Jerusalem Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi The Mendoza Line – Lost In Revelry Radio 4 – Gotham! Sparks – Lil’ Beethovan Interpol – Turn On The Brights Lights Doves – Last Broadcast Paul Westerberge – Stereo/Mono Edwin Collins – Doctor Syntax Rob – Satyred Love Queens Of The Stoneage – Songs For The Deaf Gemma Hayes – Night On My Side Dan Bern – New...

1. Solomon Burke ~ Don’t Give Up On Me 2. The Flaming Lips ~ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 3. Queens Of The Stoneage ~ Songs For The Deaf 4. Wilco ~ Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot 5. Beth Gibbons And Rustin’ Man ~ Out Of Season 6. Supergrass ~ Life On Other Planets 7. Beck ~ Sea Change 8. Brendan Benson ~ Lapalco 9. N*E*R*D ~ In Search Of… 10. The Coral ~ The Coral 11. Bruce Springsteen ~ The Rising 12. Wire ~ Read & Burn 01 ~ 02 13. Cornershop ~ Handcream For A Generation 14. The Streets ~ Original Pirate Material 15. Guided By Voices ~ Universal Truths & Cycles 16. Boards Of Canada ~ Geogaddi 17. The Libertines ~ Up The Bracket 18. Tom Waits ~ Blood Money/Alice 19. Mudhoney ~ Since We’ve Become 20. Roddy Frame ~ Surf 21. Johnny Cash ~ The Man Comes Around 22. Ryan Adams ~ Demolition 23. Aimee Mann ~ Lost In Space 24. Papa M ~ Whatever Mortal 25. The Black Keys ~ The Big Come Up 26. Orchestra Baobab ~ Specialist In All Styles 27. The Polyphonic Spree ~ The Beginning Stages Of…. 28. ...

1. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2. The Vines – Higly Evolved 3. The Streets – Original Pirate Material 4. The Coral – The Coral 5. Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club – BRMC 6. Queens Of The Stoneage – Songs For The Deaf 7. Doves – The Last Broadcast 8. Eminem – The Eminem Show 9. The Datsuns – The Datsuns 10. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights 11. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 12. The Libertines – Up The Bracket 13. The Polyphonic Spree – The Beginning Stages Of… 14. NERD – In Search Of… 15. The Music – The Music 16. Beck – Sea Change 17. Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi 18. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives – Behind The Music 19. The Hives – Your Favourite New Band 20. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around 21. Foo Fighters – One By One 22. Ms Dynamite – A Little Deeper 23. Jay-Z – The Blueprint 2 24. The Von Bondies – Lack Of Communication 25. Missy Elliott – Under Construction 26. Oasis – Heathen Chemistry 27. Hundred Reasons – Ideas Above Our Station 28. Idlewild – The ...